Bribe to Kelantanese.

RM1 Bln Annual Grant For Kelantan If BN Wins

PASIR MAS, Feb 27 Bernama) -- Kelantan will get an annual grant of RM1 billion from the federal government from the present RM400 million if Barisan Nasional (BN) succeeds in forming the next state government in the state after the March 8 General Election, the Deputy Chairman of the Kelantan UMNO Liaison Committee, Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin, said today.
He said the additional grant was aimed at increasing the number of development projects in the state following the failure of PAS to do so despite holding power in Kelantan for the last 18 years.
"When we get the RM1 billion allocation, it will be for the well-being of the people in Kelantan just like the people in the other states," said Awang Adek at a "meet the people" session with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at Sekolah Menengah Tengku Panglima Raja here.
Also present at the gathering attended by about 3,000 people were Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed and national astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor.
Awang Adek, who is also the Deputy Finance Minister, said among the major projects to be launched by BN if it gained control of Kelantan would be to build a new mosque to replace the Muhammadi Mosque in Kota Baharu and a new stadium in place of the old Stadium Sultan Mohamed Ke-IV.
Meanwhile, Najib told a press conference that it would be up to the voters in Kelantan to make their choice after BN had vowed to further develop the state.
He said the BN government was one which always make good on its pledges and would implement all the projects listed in its election manifesto for Kelantan.
It is learnt that the RM1 billion annual grant will be incorporated into BN's manifesto for Kelantan to be announced on Saturday.
Other items in the manifesto include the establishment of a special committee comprising representatives from the Malay, Chinese, Indian and Thai communities to solve problems in Kelantan.

tunku : wow, so kelantanese,do you people want 1 billion or 400 millions, the choice is yours.i just want to comment what awang adik has said that if bn gained control of Kelantan, first thing they would build build a new mosque to replace the Muhammadi Mosque in Kota Baharu and a new stadium in place of the old Stadium Sultan Mohamed Ke-IV.i think that is not urgent or wise thing to do right now as there are more serious project that can be done first like hospitals,schools etc.when you have extra RM then you can build the new mosque and the stadium as both the mosque and stadium right now still look good.